Elaine Chao is no new face to Washington circles and has a track record of rolling back regulation and a pro-business reputation. Her pro-business approach could be a big win for motor carriers that have faced a laundry list of regulations that although aimed at increasing driver safety, threaten to tighten capacity and increase shipping […]
A diverse group of shippers is challenging fees that container lines and marine terminals impose for delays at US ports. But first the shippers need approval from federal maritime regulators. (This article requires registration at the Journal of Commerce. To access, please click on the above link.)
The National Retail Federation anticipates that the Trump administration will seek action on three legislative priorities — tax reform, regulatory reform and Affordable Care Act repeal — very early next year. NRF’s agenda for 2017 and beyond is driven by retailers’ input, and many 2016 issues — swipe fees, online sales tax, trade, tax reform, […]
As an effort to more strictly limit US truck driver hours of service rattled down a congressional exit ramp last week, two more trucking rules long in the works pulled into the fast lane. Congress sidelined, perhaps permanently, efforts to make truckers spend two back-to-back 1 a.m.-5 a.m. periods off-duty before starting a new work […]
Pending the United States Senate confirming a “full slate” of board members appointed by President-elect Donald Trump to the United States Surface Transportation Board (STB), the Association of American Railroads (AAR) said last week that the STB should take a pause on its various planned regulatory proposals.
The Trump administration’s plan for a broad-based regulatory rollback could shorten the duration of any future truck capacity shortfall.
One of the nation’s leading trucking organizations is praising a court ruling earlier this week on a challenge to a federal rule that requires most truck drivers to log their hours of service electronically.
The controversial mandate requiring electronic logging devices in US trucks by the end of next year will reappear before a federal court next month, jeopardizing the fate of the rule itself, and the so-called “capacity crunch” it was expected to generate. (This article requires registration at the Journal of Commerce. To access, please click on […]
U.S. House Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Wash., is urging the Department of Transportation (DOT) to consider further regulation of freight trains carrying crude oil. Beutler earlier this week sent a letter to U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx, Federal Railroad Administrator Sara Feinberg and Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administrator Marie Therese Dominguez asking DOT to […]
Federal regulators should consider how the sharp decline in coal traffic is affecting the nation’s railroads, BNSF Railway CEO Matthew Rose said in Houston at the annual Intermodal Expo, which was sponsored by the Intermodal Association of North America (IANA).
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